This retreat from asylum principles is not new, indeed it could be argued to have begun with the so-called “Pacific Solution” adopted by Australia over 20 years ago to send asylum seekers to island nations in the region, a policy which the UK is largely mimicking today. But norm-busting is now becoming the norm, and rather than being perceived as pariahs, the states enacting these policies are now considered by others proactive.
By default not design: the end of the asylum consensus. By Khalid Koser, The Interpreter